From August 1 – August 10, 2022, 7 students from the Indonesia-Malaysia Department at Busan University of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea, will study at INCULS FIB UGM to prepare their participation in this 2022/2023 semester academic year.

BUFS and FIB UGM have carried out regular student exchange activities since 2019, and in this program students from BUFS will study Indonesian language and take lectures in various study programs at FIB UGM.

On August 27, 2022, at Soegondo Building, a meeting was held between the Faculty of Cultural Sciences UGM and the parents of new students for the 2022 undergraduate program. This is an event to strengthen the connection between parents and the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, UGM. Moreover, this meeting was held to congratulate new students who have officially become part of the big family of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, UGM.

On July 14, 2022, an academic publication workshop was held with Anna M. Gade, Ph.D., and Nurmalia Habibah M.A. 

The workshop is expected to improve the quality of academic publications at the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Gadjah Mada University.

15 student from the faculty of cultural science has chosen to get a fully funded scholarship from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) for doing a 1-semester exchange at many leading universities in the world. 

Congratulations, Mahadaya!

• Alyarizki Dushanta (Japanese Literature) – Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin
• Alysia Noorma Dani (Cultural Anthropology) – University of Leeds
• Amirul Hasim Abdullah (French Literature) – Universidad de Granada
• Audrey Samantha (Tourism) – Hanyang University
• Indy Rahmadani (English Literature) – Middle East Technical University
• Jacinda Pielivia A K (Cultural Anthropology) – Universitat Pompeu Fabra
• Leila Emira Roynni (English Literature) – Massey University
• Martha Sarah Natasha (English Literature) – University of York
• Nayla Andhini Permata (English Literature) – University of Leicester
• Nuragny Mustika Putri S (English Literature) – Western University
• Rangga Sanjaya Nadiar (Cultural Anthropology) – University of Pecs
• Swa Sekar Jakti (English Literature) – University of Liverpool
• Triana Deninta N B (Korean Language and Culture) – Lancaster University
• Zahra Auliani F (History) – Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin
• Zitta Arlivia (English Literature) – University of Warwick

Monday, 4th of July 2022 marked the start of the Department of Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Cultural Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada’s collaborative tandem Summer School in collaboration with University of Zurich and University of Bern, and in attendance of students from UGM, Chiang Mai University, Royal University of Phnom Penh, University of Mandalay, and Ha Noi University (USSH).

During the Summer School, the students will undertake several classes on Ethnographic Methods and the newest trends and developments in the Anthropology of Work, as this Summer School will upheld After Covid? Work and Daily Life in Indonesia as its main theme. Students are then expected to produce ethnographic products, including visual, text, and audio, offering insight into Indonesians’ work and life in Indonesia in relation with their working lives post-COVID. Their research will be advised and supervised by

• Prof. Dr. Pujo Semedi (UGM),
• Prof. Dr. Annuska Derks (UZH),
• Dr. Laura Coppens (UniBern),
• Dr. Olivia Killias (UZH),
• Dr. Sita Hidayah (UGM),
• Dr. Pande Made Kutanegara (UGM),
• Dr. Realisa D. Masardi (UGM),
• Dr. Elan A. Lazuardi (UGM),
• Dr. Agung Wicaksono (UGM),
• M. Zamzam Fauzanafi, M.A. (UGM),
• Wahyu Kuncoro, M.A. (UZH)

The Summer School will run from the 4th of July, 2022, to the 22nd of July, 2022. Do say hi if you happen to meet our foreign students on campus!